“[W]hen a plaintiff seeks disclosure of the identity of an anonymous defendant who is not aware of the pending defamation lawsuit, plaintiff is first required to make reasonable efforts to notify the defendant of the lawsuit, and, in addition, the trial court is required to analyze the complaint under MCR 2.116(C)(8) to ensure that the claim is meritorious."

A landlord was incorrectly granted summary disposition of his tenant’s personal injury claim because he lacked evidence that a reasonably prudent premises possessor would not have discovered the loose bricks on a stairway that caused the tenant to fall.

Once a court has assumed jurisdiction over a child that has been removed from the family home, a court has the discretion, but is not required, to grant parenting time before a petition to terminate parental rights is filed.

The pandering statute does not require that a female actually become a prostitute at a defendant’s behest. Instead the statute criminalizes recruiting a woman to cross state lines to become a prostitute.

Even if the trial court erred by declining to pay a DNA expert’s witness fee and travel expenses, the error was harmless given the “overwhelming direct and circumstantial evidence” of defendant’s guilt.